Jobs in Edinburgh, United States

WORKING PATTERN: Our working style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, in one of our above office sites.

About this Opportunity

This is an opportunity to bring your experience and expertise in climate-related sustainability to Lloyds Banking Group where you'll play a key role in delivering our sustainability ambitions.

As a Senior Climate Manager, you'll be leading and supporting the development and implementation of technical climate-related initiatives across the Group. You'll be responsible for translating complex climate science, regulatory requirements, and sustainability metrics into actionable frameworks, guidance, projects and outcomes that align with our strategic, financial, and regulatory objectives. Excellent organisational skills, critical thinking and team leadership are essential, alongside the proven ability to drive cross-team collaboration at the highest level.

The role requires deep technical expertise in climate risk, climate-related financial disclosures, carbon accounting, and scenario analysis, along with strong internal and external engagement skills to work across business units, risk functions, and external partners and collaborators. The individual should exhibit expert level knowledge on topics such as GHG emissions accounting, including financed emissions, portfolio alignment, net zero target setting and sustainable and transition finance.

You'll be in the Group Sustainable Business team and work in collaboration with other parts of the function, including other specialist teams responsible for the Group's nature and social strategy as well as acting as a senior advisor to business units and Group functions. An understanding of wider sustainability related topics such as nature and social sustainability, and their interaction points with the Group's climate change strategy, including financial empowerment, regional development and biodiversity, are beneficial, along with knowledge of sector specific topics such as energy transition.

As Senior Climate Manager, you'll be:

• Understanding the Group's emissions profile and engaging with business units on target setting and refresh activity to ensure the consistency and appropriateness of methods used
• Leading on developing strategic recommendations for future areas of focus based on regulatory, competitor and market horizon scanning
• Strategically managing our external sector statements and Group positions on areas of rapid change so they integrate with business unit strategies and supervising the Group's response to the annual CDP survey that shares insights on peer responses to inform future activity
• Providing expert input and insight into climate scenario designs used in targets and scenario analysis, working closely with business and Risk teams.
• Leading on the evolution of the Group's definition of sustainable and transition finance in close collaboration with business units and developing strategies on how to use portfolio alignment more effectively across the Group
• Providing input into our Group transition plan to ensure climate-related activity is appropriately captured
• Building and maintaining knowledge and external relationships to influence future climate-related requirements for financial services organisations and generate actionable insights on sustainability issues to ensure forward plans and thought leadership focus on areas of strategic importance to the Group
• Providing guidance to the Group on the evolving challenges and opportunities in the net zero landscape and their interdependency with nature, adaptation and social themes and recommending and mobilising internal approaches on specific topics
• Developing and maintaining strong internal relationships with specialist nature and social teams within the GSB function, as well as key colleagues in our business units and Group functions, including Risk and Finance.
• Leading, empowering and developing colleagues to help build a high-performing team, encouraging and embedding new, agile and innovative practices to improve process effectiveness, efficiency, accuracy and pace

About us

From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we need colleagues who are up for the challenge of our bold ambitions. We're excited to push boundaries and make change happen. Together we can grow with purpose.

What you'll need

We're looking for a strong leader with a detailed understanding of climate-related issues and how they apply to financial institutions. If this is you, we'd like to hear from you!

• Demonstrates deep expertise in climate-related sustainability for financial institutions including climate risk, climate-related financial disclosures, carbon accounting, target setting, net zero transition solutions, sustainable and transition finance, portfolio alignment and scenario analysis and their interdependencies with nature, adaptation, and social themes.
• Is well-versed in key climate scenarios from the IEA, UK Climate Change Committee and other leading sector pathways
• Is experienced in designing and monitoring net zero transition strategies, using quantitative analysis to generate actionable insights to guide business divisions in navigating climate-related topics and their alignment to strategic objectives
• Has strong critical thinking and decision-making skills that can identify issues that need to be resolved and use available information to apply logic, judgement and creative thinking to formulate effective solutions
• Has a proven ability lead senior level relationships with individuals or groups who have a vested interest in the outcome, effectively managing and resolving conflicts and influencing outcomes
• Has strong team management skills to effectively prioritise and delegate tasks while ensuring high-quality delivery. Involves using judgement and trust to assign work to people with clarity of briefing and reviewing, knowing it can be completed on time and of a high standard
• Fosters a high-performance culture by coaching teams to accelerate progress and creating an environment that develops skills aligned to strategy that enables work at pace. Continuously develops and grows by investing in personal development opportunities
• Maintains a strong network with climate and sustainability related bodies and initiatives such as GFANZ, PCAF, UNEP FI and Green Finance Institute
• Speaks confidently and writes clearly and concisely to convey information accurately, demonstrates good listening, thinking about what and how to communicate.

It would also be beneficial to have experience in:

• Using evolving AI tools for analysis and insights.
• Understanding of how wider sustainability related topics (nature, social) and their interaction points with the Group's climate change strategy (e.g., financial empowerment, regional development, biodiversity, etc.)
• Knowledge of sector specific topics such as energy transition

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you're excited about being part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!

Location Scotland, United Kingdom

Work Type Full Time

Salary Salary not disclosed

Lloyds Banking Group

Lloyds Banking Group is a leading UK financial institution driven by a clear purpose: to "help Britain prosper." Positioned as an innovative and fast-changing business, the Group aims to shape finance as a force for good. This role is within the "Group Sustainable Business" team, a specialized unit that champions the bank's sustainability initiatives and is at the forefront of its strategic ambitions. Lloyds Banking Group is deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, striving to create a workplace where all colleagues can thrive and make a real difference for customers and communities.

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